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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Tue, 3-Sep-85 20:06:00 EDT
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The Readers International fall book is A RIDE ON THE WHIRLWIND, by
Sepamla (sp?).  He is an Azanian writer (also has a book of poetry out
from Three Continents Press, called THE SOWETO I LOVE).  As I remember,
WHIRLWIND is about the Soweto uprisings.  It will be published in paperback
in the US by Heinemann Educational Books.  Heinemann also has 2 novels,
a book of short stories, and a non-fiction book by Bessie Head, who is
wonderful.  Other titles from Heinemann which are probably good are THE
MARABI DANCE, by I don't remember who, and THE WILL TO DIE by Can Themba.
These are all part of their African WRiters Series (and are all Azanians).

The books published by RAVAN press (a liberal opposition press in S.
AFrica) are available in the US (a bookstore could order them for you,
they are available through Ohio University Press, which is distributed
by Harper & Row).  They have some collections of various writers, as
well as a collection of works by Can Themba (you can write them & ask for
a catalogue).  (Heinemann also has some collections of stores, AFRICA
SOUTH is the most recent)

Heinemann also has some poetry available - mostly it is collections,
and they do have a lot of stuff by Dennis Brutus.  (they also have a
collection of " South African Peoples Plays".  (they also carry
novels by Alex La Guma, but I've heard they aren't that good)


On the white writers, there are a few others that are looked to -
Penguin has an early novel by Athol Fugard, and Master Harold...and the
Boys in available from them too.  They also have novels by Andre Brink,
who is a white Afrikaner.  There has been recent attention paid to
Breyerbach, who is also an Afrikaner (I guess the adjective is unnecessary).
(Lessings CHILDREN OF VIOLENCE is worth mentioning too).


(I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but that's enough for now)
        Frances Rosen